Authors with different perspectives and backgrounds reconsider the nature of the Gallinazo culture and its position within north coast cultural history, while addressing wider issues about the development of complex societies in this area and within the Andean region in general.

Despite its title, Caxton's "Game and Playe of the Chesse" does not, in fact, have much to say about a game or about playing it. Instead, the work uses the chessboard and its pieces to allegorize a political community whose citizens contribute to the common good.

Foreword by Professor Sir John Boardman. Revised and expanded second edition, updated to include new historical and archaeological research on the panhellenic sanctuaries and their games. It also includes new photographic material from the many sites and monuments where excavation and restoration works have provided new insights. 487 col. illus.

Greek language edition. Foreword by Professor Sir John Boardman. Revised and expanded second edition, includes new historical and archaeological research on the panhellenic sanctuaries and their games, and new photographic material from the many sites and monuments where excavation and restoration works have provided new insights. 487 col. illus.

A reference guide to historical sources for over 200 Devon gardens. It also provides an introduction for would-be garden historians on how to conduct garden research. Each entry begins with a brief section describing the garden's history, amplified by quotations from contemporary travellers and diarists.

Preserved in the Abba Garima Monastery in the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia, and according to legend written and partly illuminated by the Ethiopian missionary Abbu Garima, who arrived in Ethiopia in 494 CE. This is the first book to present all the illuminated pages with comparative materials. 300+ col illus and preface by Michael Gervers.

At the end of the 15th century, Gavin Douglas devised his ambitious dream vision The Palyce of Honour in part to signal a new scope to Scottish literary culture. For all its comedy, it stands as a reminder to James IV of Scotland that poetry casts a powerful light upon the arts of rule. Second edition. Suitable for classrooms at all levels.

The strength of the government of Devon in the early seventeenth century lay in the quality of its leaders. They ruled together in harmony, free from rivalries, the influence of any powerful resident nobles and saved from religious conflicts. This book emphasizes this strength through a series of biographical studies.